Ana Millán Gasca
Ana María Millán Gasca is a Spanish historian of science, scholar of mathematics education, and book author. She works in Italy as a professor at Roma Tre University.
Education and career
Millán was born in 1964 in Zaragosa, and has a 1990 PhD in mathematical sciences from the University of Zaragoza. She joined Roma Tre in 2006, after previously teaching at the University of Zaragoza, the University of La Rioja, the University of L'Aquila, and the University of Rome Tor Vergata.At Roma Tre, she is a full professor in the department of science education, where her laboratory focuses on primary-school mathematics education, especially for students with learning disabilities.
Books
Millán's books include:- The Biology of Numbers: The Correspondence of Vito Volterra on Mathematical Biology
- Technological Concepts and Mathematical Models in the Evolution of Modern Engineering Systems: Controlling, Managing, Organizing
- Euclides: La fuerza del razonamiento matemático
- All'inizio fu lo scriba: Piccola storia della matematica come strumento di conoscenza
- Fabbriche, sistemi, organizzazioni: Storia dell’ingegneria industriale
- The World as a Mathematical Game: John von Neumann and Twentieth Century Science
- Pensare in matematica
- Numeri e forme: Didattica della matematica con i bambini
- I bambini e il pensiero scientifico
- ''L'abc della matematica''